Hurricanes' Golden hopes worst is over

With NCAA verdict due soon, Miami coach can focus on future

11:40 PM,
Jul. 30, 2013

Now, with resolution to the Nevin Shapiro scandal on the horizon, Miami coach Al Golden is hopeful that his program has already endured the most crippling blows and can springboard into the 2013 season on a trajectory to rejoin the nation?s elite.

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Dan Wolken
| USA TODAY

In 2005, Al Golden took over a Temple football program that had gone 26 seasons without a bowl game, was riding a 12-game losing streak and had just been voted out of the Big East because of lack of support.

"We were 120 out of 120 (in the Football Bowl Subdivision)," Golden said.

But surviving that challenge wasn't nearly as difficult, Golden acknowledged last week, as what he has experienced in his first two seasons at the University of Miami. Now, with resolution to the Nevin Shapiro scandal on the horizon, Golden is hopeful that his program has already endured the most crippling blows and can ...